Hello, we’re excited to announce the release of WinCatalog version 2024.8! This update introduces several new features, including two new command-line options, enhanced file format support, improved stability, and increased performance.
New Command-Line Options: “Update All” and “Update Connected”
With this release, you can now use the -UpdateAll and -UpdateConnected command-line arguments to update all drives in the catalog or just the currently connected drives.
Example commands (please read the details in the User Manual here):
WinCatalog.exe -UpdateConnected -Log "D:\UpdateConnected.log"
WinCatalog.exe -UpdateAll
To make things easier, we’ve also included a UI tool to help you configure the command-line options for these new features. It is included into the installation package.
Separate EXIF and Thumbnail Extraction for RAW Files
You now have the option to extract only EXIF tags from RAW files without retrieving thumbnails. This can be configured in the Scanning Options.
WavPack File Support
WinCatalog now supports WavPack (.wv) files, allowing you to extract media information and tags from this file format.
Out-of-the-Box Adobe Illustrator (.AI) File Support
We’ve added native support for Adobe Illustrator files (.ai) to the image files processing module, so you can easily manage these files within your catalog.
Enhanced Stability and Performance
This update also brings more efficient memory usage when working with catalog files and greater stability in modules that handle external resources, especially when managing a large number of files.
Fast Search Index Generation is Now Faster
The speed of generating the Fast Search Index has been increased. You’ll notice this improvement during full index regeneration or when updating a drive with a large number of files and folders.
Other Improvements
Download
To download WinCatalog 2024.8 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: August 26, 2024